The Delivery Boy

A Mickey Mouse Cartoon

Release Date : June 13, 1931

Running Time : 8:11

Synopsis

Mickey's delivering musical instruments, but stops his wagon to take them out and "test" them with Minnie - a project that leaves her farm and most of the instruments in ruins, and Mickey's mule without his hair.

Technical Specification

Released by Columbia Pictures, Inc.

Comments

From Jerry Edwards : Mickey is delivering
a wagon full of musical instruments when he stops to sing and dance with
Minnie. A hornet's nest causes the mule to scatter the instruments everywhere.
All the barnyard animals join in playing music until Pluto chews on a stick
of dynamite he takes from a local demolition site. After the explosion,
Mickey and Minnie continue to play on the damaged instruments. One fun gag
is when Pluto's fleas "depart the premises" when Pluto starts chewing on
the stick of dynamite. Peg Leg Pete has a cameo as one of the demolition
crew.

From Ryan : This was a pretty goofy
short, but it was also very funny. I especially enjoyed the scene where
Mickey, Minnie, and all the animals play "Stars and Stripes Forever" on
the various musical instruments. There's a rabbit who blows on a trumpet
and two squirrels who together move the bow on a violin. Another funny part
was where Pete and a co-worker throw a stick of dynamite at the blasting
site and Pluto picks it up and carries it back to them. They jump into a
barrel of tar. Pluto takes it to Mickey who is playing the piano. Mickey
just pats him on the head. Pluto starts chewing the stick of dynamite (this
is quite similar to what my dog does with household objects such as empty
pill bottles). It explodes and the hair on Mickey's mule to blow off. Another
interesting thing was the signs written in various languages. PELIGRO (meaning
"danger" in Spanish), MORT (meaning "death" in French) and a similar word
written in either Japanese or Chinese.

From Bill I. : This was a fun short,
not much of a plot. Mickey is riding a mule drawn wagon full of musical
instruments. I like the early shorts with the barnyard animals prevalent.
This short had some nice music, "Sitting Under The Old Apple Tree" and "Stars
And Stripes Forever." Lots of funny gags here. Of course once the mule dumps
the instruments because of the hornets nest you knew Mickey and Minnie would
start playing them. Nice cameo of Pete and the dynamite and the part of
the hair blowing off the donkey after the explosion was very funny.

From Mick Mouse : Personally this
is my favorite short. I love the interaction between Mickey and Minnie.
IT'S SOOOOO CUTE!!!! I love the way they dance together. You never see dancing
like that anymore. The songs are awesome too. I wish that cartoons like
this were still on TV.